He was transferred Wednesday from Weld County to the Boulder County jail on charges of second-degree assault, felony menacing and auto theft, according to a news release by the Boulder County Sheriff's Department.

Deputies had checked on the inmate 26 minutes before his body was found at 12:15 a.m. He was not breathing and had apparently hanged himself, according to the sheriff's office. CPR was attempted, but the man was later pronounced dead at a Boulder hospital.

The Boulder County Coroner's Office will make a final determination on the cause of death.

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